ravengrim Moderator
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| Subject: Artist Could Face 15 Years In Prison For Recording His Own Arrest Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:51 pm | |
| Artist Could Face 15 Years In Prison For Recording His Own ArrestChris Drew was finally ready to get arrested. An artist and activist, Drew had spent years protesting a Chicago ordinance that puts tight restrictions on where and how people can sell their art on the street. He was downtown, on State Street, selling silk-screened patches for $1 and defying the city to stop him. He'd tried his act of civil disobedience three times before -- a First Amendment lawyer on hand to argue his case, a team of videographers ready to film the arrest -- but the police simply let it slide. When, on December 2, 2009, he finally succeeded in getting booked, Drew was ready for a few hours in lock-up on a misdemeanor, and a lengthy court battle. He was in no way prepared for what he would actually face. The state charged Drew with a Class 1 felony, not for selling art on the street, but for violating the Illinois Eavesdropping Act by recording his own arrest. He faces up to 15 years in prison. | |
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Madelchai vip member
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| Subject: Re: Artist Could Face 15 Years In Prison For Recording His Own Arrest Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:13 pm | |
| Haha. Guess he wasn't as clever as he thought. | |
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helen damnation Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Artist Could Face 15 Years In Prison For Recording His Own Arrest Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:26 pm | |
| There really is one born every minute | |
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Ginger_Snaps Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Artist Could Face 15 Years In Prison For Recording His Own Arrest Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:58 pm | |
| As a person concerned about the state of American legal system and its ever increasing appetite for convictions and their abuses, I have a gut feeling that this "anti-eavesdropping" law conviction is somewhat unconstitutional as soon as you enter a public building like a police station. | |
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RedAngel star member
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| Subject: Re: Artist Could Face 15 Years In Prison For Recording His Own Arrest Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:52 am | |
| ^^ I agree with you, Ginger. "Illinois Eavesdropping Act"? That sounds shady. I've got to ask my friend in Chicago about that one; she's a law clerk (she passed the bar but wants more experience before she becomes a lawyer). | |
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Spooky vip member
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| Subject: Re: Artist Could Face 15 Years In Prison For Recording His Own Arrest Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:24 am | |
| One by one they take our freedoms, currency and rights away, while America blindly follows orders, too distracted by the next pointless super-phone they "need" or nonsensical reality television show that "everybody" is watching. | |
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